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Cicero Donating Member (412 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-05 12:32 PM
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Libertarian Party loses ballot access in N.C.
Party says it will sue to get on ballot

Libertarians lose place for failing to get enough votes last November

JIM MORRILL

Staff Writer


Leaders of North Carolina's Libertarian Party said they'll challenge the state's election laws in court after the state elections board decertified the party Monday.

The board voted unanimously to deny the Libertarians an automatic place on state ballots after the party failed to get enough votes last November to qualify.

The decision effectively erases the names of Libertarian candidates from municipal ballots this fall, including five in Mecklenburg County. Two Libertarians, Pamela Guignard and Rusty Sheridan, were to face off in a Sept. 27 city primary.

Now they and the other Libertarians would have to run as write-in candidates.

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http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/news/breaking_news/12450713.htm

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benburch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-05 12:34 PM
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1. I STRONGLY support LP ballot access!!!
The LP are conservatives, this is true, but HONEST conservatives!
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Nicholas D Wolfwood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-05 12:37 PM
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2. Plus that whole vote syphoning thing...
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benburch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-05 01:06 PM
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4. I actually want to see the LP replace the GOP.
I used to be a Libertarian (believe it or not) and I know a lot of those guys. Some of them are really OK. (A few are nutjobs, though.)
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TheFarseer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-05 12:39 PM
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3. What constitutes "enough votes"
Libertarian is my only choice in alot of races (either that or repuke and repuke is not a choice) That sucks. Watch for unopposed candidates just like in the USSR. George Washington would be proud.
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wli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-05 01:36 PM
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5. funny thing is
There are some sources that say there are more unopposed races in the US than there were in the USSR and than there are in the PRC.
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